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SPECIAL REPORT: RJR NABISCO 20TH ANNIVERSARY

Whatever happened to the movers and shakers in the great RJR Nabisco saga? Toby Mitchenall discovers most are still thriving

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ROSS JOHNSON
President and chief executive of RJR Nabisco and leader of the management group
Freewheeling and free-spending F Ross Johnson officially resigned as RJR Nabisco's chief executive on February 9 1989, two days after KKR's victory. After walking away with a package of around $60 million, he returned to a significant site in the Barbarians saga: the ?unremarkable glass tower at a suburban shopping centre named The Galleria?in Atlanta, Georgia.